Razor-strop



(No Model.)

J. R. TORRIBY. RAZOR sTRoP.

No. 288,381. Patented Nov. '13, 1883.

e UNITED STATES PATENT (')FEICE` b JOSEPH E. TORREY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. l

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To all ruhom it may concern-s Be it known that I, JosEPH R. TORREY, a

Vcitizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Impro vements in Razor- Strops, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawconveniently be rendered accessible for use by changing `the relativepositions of the hinged or folding bodies. f e

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of one form of my invention. of the saine. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of my invention` partly open, and Fig. el' is a central longitudinal section of a construction similar to that shown by Fig.

3, but having an additionalfolding part.

Referring to the construction shown by Figs.

l l and 2, A A indicate rigid bodies or strips,

preferably of` wood. lThese bodies are fnshioned into handles B at one end, and their op; posite ends, a2, which are preferably rounded,

as shown, are joined by a link, O, secured to the bodies A by pins a, passing through said bodies, or in any other suitable manner. Each of the bodies A is provided on its opposite wider faces withstroppingsurfaces b, of any desired quality or degree of fineness. These bodies A being thus pivoted or jointed to-4 gether by the link C, it isobviousthat by reversing their positions the insidestroppingsurfaces will be brought to the outside, where they will be accessible for use after the razor has been sharpened on the stropping-surfaces originally outside.

In the constructions shown by Figs. 3 and 4 the bodies A are secured together by a pivot-pin or rivet, C', and the stropping-surfaces b are rendered accessible for use by simply unfolding` or-opening out the bodies A, preferably turning themend for end, thus reversing` their relative positions, one of the parts Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section' srncrrrcnrroiv forming part "of Letters Patent No. 288,381, dated 'November 1s, 1883.

Application' nled'sepambe; 4,1883.

(No model.)

of the strop thus being adapted to serve as a handle for the other or others.

If it is `desired to increase thestroppingsurfaces, the bodies A may be made somewhat thicker in proportion to their length and width than those herein shown, `and their' edges or narrower sides maythen also be p'rovided with stropping-surfaces; but for the sake of lightness and compactness I prefer to make the bodies A about of the proportions shown. f

l It will be understood that the stropping "surfacesmay `be either hard or cushioned, the

hard surfaces being preferable, as they 'are more compatible with compactness than thel cushioned surfaces.

Instead of a single link for hinging the foldx folding bodies, each of 4said bodies having a plurality of stroppingsurfaces, said bodies being jointed together,so that all of said sur; faces may be rendered accessible for use by changing the relative positions of the said folding bodies, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a razor-strop, of two folding bodies, each provided with stroppingsurfaces,land a link serving as a pivotal or hinged connection for said bodies, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a razor-strop, of two foldinggbodies, each having stropping-surfaces and rounded ends, withalink serving as a` pivotal or hinged connection for said folding `bodies at their rounded ends,substantially as described.

4. The combination, ina razor-strop, withA the folding bodies A, having handles B, stropping-surfac'es b, and rounded ends a2, of the link C, serving as a pivotal or hinged connection for said bodies at their rounded ends, sub

' stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

y Witnessesz L. H. TORREY, GH. J. HALE.

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